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In 1966 the number of preordination seminarians was 8,361; by 1992 it had plummeted to 3,651, a 56.3% drop.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the chaos of preordination, and night of our forebeings.—

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

A merciless preordination had stacked the cards against him again.

From The River's End by Curwood, James Oliver

Your conclusion that all speculation about preordination is idle waste of time is the only wise one; but how difficult it is not to speculate!

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

All ascribe to his omnipotence the power to ordain or decree what shall come to pass—and where is the spirit that can demonstrate a shade of difference between such foreknowledge and preordination.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John